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Competitive sports involve physiological, technical and psychological skills,
which influence directly on individuals’ performance. This study aims to
investigate the levels of perceived stress and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) before
and after matches with victory and defeat in professional eSports athletes.
Our hypothesis was that the winners would have better autonomic and stress
responses after match, thus corroborating the literature on neurocardiac
connections. Fifty male eSport players were selected players from 10 different
Brazilian teams. The experiment was carried out in 2 sessions. Firstly, after
signing the informed consent form, 24 h before the game, anthropometric,
physical activity levels and time of expertise data were recorded only for
sample characterization and the players were familiarized with the perceived
stress scale—10 (PSS-10) and the HRV measurements. Secondly, players
performed the PSS-10 and HRV recording at rest by 10 min 60 and 30 min
before the game (i.e., baseline time) and 10 min after the end of the game.
Overall, concerning PSS-10 our findings show that VG had significant reduced
scores in post-game time compared to baseline (BL) and pre-game times,
while DG had significant increased scores in post-game time compared to
BL and pre-game times. Regarding HRV, our results demonstrate that VG
had significant increase in RR, SDNN, rMSSD, pNN50 and HF, and significant
decrease in LF and LF/HF, while DG had a significant decrease in RR, SDNN,
rMSSD and HF, and significant increase in LF and LF/HF. It was observed that
VG had better HRV responses (greater parasympathetic activation) as well as
lower levels of perceived stress, while DG had worst HRV responses (greater
sympathetic activation) and higher levels of perceived stress.
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Keywords
Victory Defeat
Citation
Machado S, de Oliveira Sant'Ana L, Cid L, Teixeira D, Rodrigues F, Travassos B and Monteiro D (2022) Impact of victory and defeat on the perceived stress and autonomic regulation of professional eSports athletes. Front. Psychol. 13:987149. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.987149